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Jazz in Ferrara

Jazz Club al Torrione di San Giovanni

Since 1999, the Jazz Club operates in the prestigious San Giovanni Torrione (splendid Renaissance bastion of the complex of the city walls) within which, thanks to the contribution of the Municipality of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna Region and and to the collaboration of private partners, members can take advantage of over fifty concerts from early October to late April. In that time they performed on the stage of the Tower every major international jazz artists in assets, making what many call one of Europe's best jazz club.

In recent years they have established collaborative relationships with music Ferrara, Ferrara Arte, G. Frescobaldi Conservatory of Ferrara, the Memorial Mirto Govoni, the review Crossroads - Jazz and more in Emilia-Romagna and Bologna Jazz Festival, creating initiatives that, once again, placed the Jazz Club Ferrara to the center of the cultural life of the city, the province and the region.

Among the events most 'prestigious of these years of activity' are to mention the numerous editions of the Summer Festival of Comacchio, the lucky Seasons Winter in collaboration with the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, the partnership with the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York, Jazz DOC in collaboration with the Province of Ferrara and Jazz on the Sea ?? in Istrian land. animated Reviews prestigious presences such as Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean, Joao Gilberto, George Benson, McCoy Tyner, Wynton Marsalis, Elvin Jones, Michel Petrucciani, Mingus Big Band, Count Basie Big Band, Cedar Walton, Joe Henderson and many others.